Previously, I would have tried to muddle through. This time, I took a deep breath and listened to my wife and my family. There was a lot going on that had caused stress, so I took a time out. During the time out (backed up by my Doctor), I spent more time in the Dojo, and the change of tack allowed me time to put things into perspective.
Still managed to mess up though 😞 My wife suggested a common goal of sharing a Bearded Dragon (that's our Falkor in the pic), and she found a possible one on pets4sale. I wanted to get it as soon as possible, so instead of listening to her suggestion of visiting first, I arranged for the then owners to deliver. Bad mistake, poor Falkor and the Viv he came in were riddled with mites.
However, since I had paid cash and we hadn't noticed when he arrived, it was time to fight for him. Deep breaths and stay calm time, we are doing everything we can, but I'm a plodder not a steam train. But I can now stay calm and focus, and so far, we and he are still in there fighting.
Then today I had my phone stolen. Through circumstances I wouldn't normally have, I ended up losing my phone in the back of the cab. It only took me 15 minutes to notice, and again deep breaths I managed to do the right things, phoning the company to cancel the Sim, phoning the police and using Google to lock the phone. The frightening thing is that Google can even give you "potentially" the address of the thief.
She took the phone out of the cab when she found it, rather then giving it to the cab driver. I phoned the phone, and she asked for a reward. When I didn't offer what she wanted she turned it off. But for me, I manged to stay calm where previously I probably wouldn't have.
Can't prove this is down to Karate, but I think so.
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